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Musharraf Sworn in As Pakistan President

by AP November 29, 2007 Breaking News

Pervez Musharraf embarked on a new, five-year term as a civilian president Thursday, a day after ceding the powerful post of army chief – the basis of his rule for the past eight years.
In his inaugural address, Musharraf welcomed the return from exile of his old foes, former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, [...]

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Musharraf likely to lift emergency in 48 hours

by Xinhua November 28, 2007 Breaking News

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is likely to lift emergency within the next 48 hours, local TV channel Dawn News reported Wednesday.
In a “change of command” ceremony held in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, Musharraf quit as army chief and handed over command to Vice Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
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Benazir files nomination for Pakistan poll

by Indo-Asian News Service November 26, 2007 Asia

Former Pakistani prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto filed her nomination papers for national assembly elections Monday in the southern city of Larkana, her hometown in Sindh province, local media reported.
Despite calls for boycott of the polls by main opposition camps, elections have been announced and all the main players have jumped into the [...]

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Pakistan Parties Waver on Boycott

by admin November 21, 2007 Asia

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Opposition parties wavered Wednesday on whether to boycott crucial Pakistani elections, backing off their most strident calls to shun the vote unless President Gen. Pervez Musharraf ends his state of emergency.
The government continued to roll back a wave of repression, freeing several hundred more opponents across the country, as the [...]

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Pakistan Releases Opposition Supporters

by AP November 20, 2007 World

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — More than 3,000 people jailed under emergency rule have been released, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday, the latest sign that President Gen. Pervez Musharraf was rolling back some of the harsher measures taken against his opponents.
Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema put the exact figure of those freed in recent [...]

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Court Clears Musharraf’s Continued Rule

by AP November 19, 2007 Breaking News

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A Supreme Court hand-picked by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf swiftly dismissed legal challenges to his continued rule on Monday, opening the way for him to serve another five-year term – this time solely as a civilian president.
The opposition has denounced the new court, saying any decisions by a tribunal stripped [...]

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Mohammed Mian Soomro takes oath as caretaker PM of Pakistan

by Agencies November 16, 2007 Asia

Mohammed Mian Soomro on Friday sworn in as caretaker Pakistani Prime Minister to lead the country for an interim period of two months to oversee the conduct of Parliamentary elections in January 2008.
President General Pervez Musharraf, who had picked up Mr Soomro on Thursday’s night for the slot, administered the oath of office to the [...]

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